A visionary who looked at a changing world through eyes that seemed to pierce the future, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan sought to engage the United Arab Emirates in cross-cultural dialogue with the wider international community from the outset,
The political and social mission of the Cultural Foundation, as envisioned by the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and the budding UAE’s aspiration for modernity was skilfully translated into the design by a thoughtful fusion of Modern and Islamic design principles and aesthetic details.
For thousands of years, the courtyard has been the hidden treasure of ancient palaces and for over a millennium it has been a key feature of Arab-Islamic architecture.
Rooted deep within the United Arab Emirates’ original foundations, the vision for a national cultural centre was there from the start.
For decades the Cultural Foundation has continued to stand as an enduring, historic, architectural and cultural national symbol.
